ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · LA · GEOID 22089202024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Bossier City, Louisiana

Mean one-way trip18.0 min±1.3 min MOE
Worked from home6.0%±1.4 pp MOE
Drove alone83.5%±2.3 pp MOE
60+ minute trip2.5%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute18.3 min → 18.0 min▼ 0.3 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home3.6% → 6.0%▲ 2.4 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.5% → 1.5%— 0.0 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 83.5%▲ 0.1 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone83.5% ±2.3 pp
Carpool7.1% ±1.6 pp
Public transit1.5% ±0.8 pp
Walk1.1% ±0.5 pp
Bicycle0.1% ±0.1 pp
Work from home6.0% ±1.4 pp

Each share uses 28,606 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

9thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 91% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

8thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 92% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

63thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 63% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

7th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 93% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate62,901± 46 MOE
Workers age 16+28,606± 829 MOE
Workers with travel time26,876± 912 MOE
Estimated home workers1,730± 394 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.